Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, No. 07/2005 17 – 23 Feb. 2005 Despite the ceasefire declared by the Israeli and Palestinian sides in Sharm al-Sheik on 8 February 2005 and the Palestinian commitment to this declaration, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have launched more attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). This week, [...]
Feb 28 2005 | Posted in
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PM Qurei Presents Cabinet of Technocrats for Confidence Wednesday Palestine Mendia Center Averting a crisis that began on Monday when he presented a 24-member cabinet to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei told lawmakers he would present an alternative cabinet of technocrats to parliament for approval on Wednesday.
Feb 24 2005 | Posted in
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The Palestine Monitor Three days ago Israel began building a new section of its illegal Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Saffa west of Ramallah. Six Israeli bulldozers along with Israeli occupation forces have started breaking ground on Palestinian private property in preparation for laying the foundations of the structure.
Feb 24 2005 | Posted in
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Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Palestinian filmmaker, Buthina Canaan Khoury has an ambitious schedule planned for the tour of her prison film, “Women in Struggle,” which premiered in Ramallah, Palestine last August. Organized by the New England Committee to Defend Palestine, Ms. Khoury will lead discussions on the Palestinian prison movement as it pertains [...]
Feb 23 2005 | Posted in
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James F. Harrington, Ramallah Online Columnist Oh Allah dear, the day may come, for all the world to see. I pray that I may be the man, to set my people free.
Feb 20 2005 | Posted in
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Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist In January I visited Palestine and witnessed a family held at gunpoint by Israeli soldiers who had gathered at the checkpoint leading from Jerusalem to Nablus. Their dying father/grandfather was in an ambulance about a hundred yards away. The family’s tears and pleas to see him, kiss him goodbye [...]
Feb 17 2005 | Posted in
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Uri Avnery, Ramallah Online Columnist Nobody called it the “Ophira Conference”. Not even the papers of the extreme right. Who today even remembers the name Ophira, which was given to Sharm-al-Sheikh during the Israeli occupation, as a first step to its annexation?
Feb 17 2005 | Posted in
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By Genevieve Cora Fraser I sought sanctuary Shaken to the core Within Saint Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Old Jaffa
Feb 13 2005 | Posted in
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Pamela Olson, Counterpunch, February 5 / 6, 2005 The Jericho Intercontinental is a very posh hotel built next to a casino, both of which were finished just as the Second Intifada started and thus never really opened. But they dusted themselves off and offered a New Year’s Eve party, a night in a big lavish [...]
Feb 13 2005 | Posted in
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Ramzy Baroud, Christian Science Monitor A recent online poll carried out by the Arabic website of Al Jazeera satellite television found that more than 80 percent of respondents distrust “Western democracy.” The results simply restated the obvious. The query, of course, hardly meant to question “Western democracy” in its own right, but rather its imposition [...]
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